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>> just really excited to finally get back to work, but i knew there were some limitations that i was going to have. >> several hours into their shift, it's turning out to be an uneventful evening. not a bad first night as corporal denton eases his way back into the job. >> we'd had a few service calls. i think we might have made a traffic stop or two. nothing stressful, nothing really big. >> but at 1:38 a.m. their night goes from zero to 60 in a matter of seconds. they're dispatched to a car accident that happens to be a block away from their location. >> it was one of those situations with ...

But corporal chris denton is recovering from a back injury, so he's riding shotgun with corporal phillip crosby. >> just really excited to finally get back to work, but i knew there were some limitations that i was going to have. >> several hours into their shift, it's turning out to be an uneventful evening. not a bad first night as corporal denton eases his way back into the job. >> we'd had a few service calls. i think we might have made a traffic stop or two. nothing stressful, nothing really big. >> but at 1:38 a.m. their night goes from zero to 60 in a matter of seconds. they're dispatch...

Fire when the officers pull him out of the car. >> 353, please. we've extracted one. at that point, we're all in the bottom of the ditch, the grass around the car was on fire at that point, too. we're basically still surrounded by smoke and flame. we had to move him again after we had gotten him out of the car just because the flames were starting to get toward him again. >> his feet were still on fire. i remember pulling it out with my hands. and at that time, i immediately started trying to talk to him because i knew he'd probably go into shock if we didn't, so i kept on trying to talk to hi...

Personal life wasn't going so well. i started drinking a lot. alcohol's a bad deal. and, you know, you do a lot of stupid stuff. >> a downward spiral almost ended sean's life. but after years of recovery and rehabilitation, he has a new set of legs and a new perspective. >> i miss a lot of things, but i see a lot more now. i mean, it's a different life. you notice things differently. you notice more about people and you see people's situations. >> the accident changes the lives of everyone involved that night. corporals crosby and denton are named policemen of the month by the national law enf...

Around the car was on fire at that point, too. we're basically still surrounded by smoke and flame. we had to move him again after we had gotten him out of the car just because the flames were starting to get toward him again. >> his feet were still on fire. i remember pulling it out with my hands. and at that time, i immediately started trying to talk to him because i knew he'd probably go into shock if we didn't, so i kept on trying to talk to him. i remember him saying, wow, i can't breathe. >> emergency responders arrive four minutes after crosby and denton. >> everybody just started doing...